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ReviewBrain sciences2023

Exploring the Role of Neuroplasticity in Development, Aging, and Neurodegeneration.

Patrícia Marzola, Thayza Melzer, Eloisa Pavesi, Joana Gil-Mohapel, Patricia S Brocardo

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Review in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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123citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

123 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Brain patterns and risk factors in the FINGER RCT multimodal lifestyle intervention.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025
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  17. Ketamine and Evolving Neuroplasticity.Clinical drug investigation · 2026
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63 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Patrícia MarzolaDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Graduate Neuroscience Program, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8152-5674
Thayza MelzerDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Graduate Neuroscience Program, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil.
Eloisa PavesiDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Graduate Neuroscience Program, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0428-6694
Joana Gil-MohapelDivision of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4982-1662
Patricia S BrocardoDepartment of Morphological Sciences and Graduate Neuroscience Program, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil.

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina 2021TR1523National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Personal Research Productivity FellowshipUniversity of Victoria (UVic, Victoria, BC, Canada) - São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil) SPRINT partnership UVic-FAPESP SPRINT 1/2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of the brain to reorganize and modify its neural connections in response to environmental stimuli, experience, learning, injury, and disease processes. It encompasses a range of mechanisms, including changes in synaptic strength and connectivity, the formation of new synapses, alterations in the structure and function of neurons, and the generation of new neurons. Neuroplasticity plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining brain function, including learning and memory, as well as in recovery from brain injury and adaptation to environmental changes. In this review, we explore the vast potential of neuroplasticity in various aspects of brain function across the lifespan and in the context of disease. Changes in the aging brain and the significance of neuroplasticity in maintaining cognitive function later in life will also be reviewed. Finally, we will discuss common mechanisms associated with age-related neurodegenerative processes (including protein aggregation and accumulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation) and how these processes can be mitigated, at least partially, by non-invasive and non-pharmacologic lifestyle interventions aimed at promoting and harnessing neuroplasticity.

Indexed as

agingcognitive functionlifestyle interventionsneurodegenerationneurodevelopmentneuroplasticity

Identifiers

PMID38137058
PMCPMC10741468

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